Posts Tagged ‘Guantanamo’
Gitmo Detainees To Go to Illinois Prison
Today the Obama administration is expected to announce that Guantanamo Bay detainees will be transferred to Thompson Correctional Facility in Illinois. Gov. Patrick J. Quinn of Illinois and the state’s senior senator, Richard J. Durbin have been enthusiastic about the plans, as they believe utilizing the prison will bring jobs to a poor portion of the state.
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Guantánamo to Illinois
Illinois is in the midst of a heated debate as it seems that an almost empty super-maximum prison in northwest Illinois, The Thomson Correctional Center, is the Obama administration’s top pick to transfer the almost 100 detainees to out of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The US government has not officially bought the prison, however officially proceedings have begun in Illinois. The state and the nation are clearly divided on this issue as demonstrated in an article posted today on the Chicago Tribune, in which both the republican and democratic candidates running for Obama’s former seat in the US Senate were asked about the transfer. All six democratic candidates agreed that there was little risk bringing the detainees to the super-maximum prison, as no one has ever escaped at this security level and the detainees from Guatánamo would have even an extra layer of security beyond that. The democrats further argue that the transfer could create hundreds of jobs in a struggling area of the country. Republicans argue that the transfer is a security threat and disagree with the closing of Guantánamo altogether. Their opponents believe that any opposition to the transfer is merely fear mongering in the hopes of political gain. A bipartisan legislative commission in Illinois is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the matter on December 22.
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From Guantanamo to Illinois
The Obama administration is considering buying the nearly empty Western Illinois prison – Thompson Correctional Center – to house inmates from Guantanamo prison in Cuba. This is part of a larger effort on the part of the Obama administration to close down Guantanamo Bay Prison. Many GOP congressman object to this proposal because they believe this will increase the risk of a terrorism attack on American soil.
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